A new exhibition has opened in the Gairloch Museum

[Iain MacLean - Presenter] A new exhibition has opened in Gairloch Museum which defines the history of the area through stories of the people themselves. It opened last weekend you can get a sense of how the area has changed regarding language, working the land and fishing and even how they didn’t find an old forgotten town. As Donald Lamont now reports.

[Donald Lamont – Reporter] The oldest person and the youngest person who took part in this project, with piping outside Gairloch Museum, the people of the area excited for the opening of this new ceremony, which took two years and got help from various people until it came to this level, an exhibition of the people themselves.

[Roddy MacKenzie] Oh, we are very happy with it, it is really interesting to see what has been done in this area, around all the small areas. It is good to see that finished, and we are happy that there are people who are interested in a thing like that.

[Donald Lamont – Reporter] The way of life has totally changed in a very short time; there was a feeling that they should record what they could.

[Donald Lamont – Reporter] This project would not be possible without help from the community with many offering old pictures and old stories. For example, this is what Roddy offered.

[Roddy MacKenzie] I told them how matters were when I was growing up in the town, you know, from school days up to when I left the town, right enough, I told them how the way of life was, how hard it was to do things compared to today.

[Donald Lamont – Reporter] It’s not only old ways of life that came to light, even that they could not find an old village that was unknown to many with the name Allt an Tarsainn (Brook of Crossing).

[William MacRoberts] And there are many, they know, they have never even heard about it, Allt an Tarsainn was the name of the little village and the Allt comes from Loch na Bèiste and that goes into Allt Idrigill just at the crossing and that’s where the name came from, I think.

[Donald Lamont – Reporter] Although the exhibition is about the old days of the area, according to William, there is a very strong message for the young folk too.

[William MacRoberts] Well, many of the youth of today, my grandchildren, they think history is bunk, but I am of the opinion that if you do not know where you came from how do you know where you are going?

[Donald Lamont – Reporter] Donald Lamont, BBC An Là, Gairloch.

Taisbeanadh ùr air fosgladh aig Taigh-tasgaidh Gheàrrloich

(A new exhibition has opened in the Gairloch Museum)

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Taigh-tasgaidh Gheàrrloich - Gairloch Museum

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dòighean-beatha - ways of life

bàrr - surface

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